An Upended Ecosystem in the Arabian Sea

How can snow cover on the Himalayas influence the species that thrive in the ocean a thousand kilometers away?

NASA Earth Observatory map and chart by Joshua Stevens, using data courtesy of Goes, J., et al. (2020). NASA image by Norman Kuring/NASA's Ocean Color Web, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Photograph courtesy of Joaquim Goes. Story by Michael Carlowicz.

Published August 5, 2021
Data acquired 1996 - 2018

Sources:

Aqua > MODIS

DMSP > SSM/I

DMSP > SSMIS

Map

Model

Nimbus 7 > SMMR

OrbView-2 > SeaWiFS

Photograph

Suomi NPP > VIIRS

Collection:

Applied Sciences